RABBLE ROUSER: Rejection of pipeline will be costly

7:28 PM,
Jan. 13, 2014

Written by

Brian Gutherman

Environmentalists may be cheering at the Pinelands Commission's denial of the requested waiver to run a natural gas pipeline through the Pinelands, but the joy may be short-lived, especially for those among us who are of more modest means.

The proposal was for an underground gas pipeline to feed a power plant that is already built, so the plant could generate electricity in a cleaner manner than burning coal or oil.

After construction, that pipeline would have had a negligible impact on the Pinelands environment. ...